JUNE 9 
ciations to us, and housekeepers do not take 
easily to new-fangled ways. Who likes a new 
chair as well as one with many indentations 
that are familiar? Or a new boot as well 
ns an old one that has forgotten to pinch ? 
Bring out the old friend, polish it up, fill all 
the bottles with the best of condiments, let the 
pepper be of the hottest, and the vinegar of the 
Sourest, wo will be honest, if we are not fash¬ 
ionable, and use what wo have in the old way, 
welcoming back to our table our old-fashioned 
cruet stand. 
sermons will, probably, show less research and 
his visiting fall o(T. It is a pursuit best fitted 
for men who have mode their fortunes and 
fought out the battle of life. It smoothes and 
beautifies old age. It will beautify the vale 
of declining years, It, calls into being now 
interests and joys, and we would not care to 
say how much nameless, indescribable conso¬ 
lation we could gather from those beauties in 
old age when the world and the busy interests 
thereof are daily retreating. Wo might learn 
that there exhaled from those delicate blos¬ 
soms something which the mind and soul im¬ 
bibed to their lasting good. 
But. as we said before, let a man who thinks 
of the pursuit wait until he is n sleeping part¬ 
ner, and until his balance is comfortably 
large; otherwise his passion may not a little 
interfere with his business and success. We 
would also make another slightly ill natural 
remark, and it is this: Hoses have thorns, 
aud the general experience is that the growers 
have a prickly side. For instance, most of 
the profile, vulgar, who know not much 
about the art, are disposed to echo, as they 
stroll through their friend’s garden, Byron’s 
question—“ Who can view the ripen’d rose, 
nor seek to wear it ?” 
But what would be the horror of your rho- 
dological friend if you dared to act upon the 
vulgar notion embodied in this verse, that 
roses were made for the button-hole of mau 
and not man for roses ! You would be at 
once cast out as an iconoclast, or would lose 
his friendship and respect forever. His feel¬ 
ing, too surely, is that t he rose is there in its 
stem to run its destined course, and he would 
as soon think of striking a star from the 
heavens as removing it from its pinnacle. He 
would as soon let on admiring visitor put into 
nis portmanteau an exquisite picture which he 
had approved of, as suffer him to carry off a 
choice “Marie Baumann,” Roses please all 
eyes; but some of the ways of their cultivators 
are not universally satisfactory. 
and lUackiumi 
ampUmentis and partuturg 
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Spring-Tooth 
THE ROSS ENSILAGE 
AND FODDER CUTTERS 
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® Raisers a 'Dairymen 
our |8f3 KnslInKP Cut¬ 
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They are the finest we 
have over produced, 
- 7 —. — „ , ed many orders for 
early delivery. If our Cutters are not repre-st tiled in 
your vicinity please write us for prices. Send for our 
Illustrated circular to K. \V. If OSS iV I'O.. 
Mention Rural New Yorker. Pulton. N. V 
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A SCRAP-BOOK. 
I wonder how many farmers’ wives’ know 
the value of a scrap-book? It is not necessary 
to purchase one with a fine cover. Very few 
houses are without some old law or other book 
that is of no value, aud this answers the pur¬ 
pose. Keep a bottle of gum-arabic aud water 
with a feather ready to dip in it, and when 
you are reading aud sec anything you think 
useful in a paper that is likely to be destroyed, 
cut it out and paste it at once into your book, 
otherwise you may never sec it again. By 
doing so a great deal of valuable information 
will lie obtained: every time you put in a fresh 
piece you will see some new thing in the old 
Ones, and at the end of a year or two you will 
be surprised to see how interesting and valu¬ 
able it has become. m. s. b. 
Rectangular and Square Box 
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best. No Inside fixtures, and 
always reliable. 7 size* ,,f 
each, kind made. We make 
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Churn and Mason’s Power 
Rutter-w, irker. i 'nq-ucsOVn. d 
proof given of their su/wrinr 
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The Finest Tool for Young 
Corn Made. 
Arranged with EIGHT NARROW STEEL 
SPRING TEETH in place of Shovels, allow¬ 
ing Earlier Use and Closer Cultivating, 
THE TEETH can be Set without pressure 
to nui deep or shallow. 
The driver has perfect control, aud with his 
feet can move beams to dodge hills out of line, 
aud levers in front enable him to govern the 
depth or raise either side as desired. 
A CENTRE ATTACHMENT of 3 or 5 
Teeth CULTIVATOR or HARROW. • 
BEAMS WITH SHOVELS can be attached 
to same frame at any time thus combiuing in 
one machine a SPRING TOOTH CORN AND 
FALLOW and a SHOVEL CORN AND 
FALLOW* CULTIVATOR. 
Anv owner of a BUCKEYE SHOVEL 
RIDfNG CULTIVATOR can put on a set of 
SPRING TOOTH BEAMS at small cost. A 
BROADCAST SEEDING ATTACHMENT 
also furnished when desired. 
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SPRINGFIELD, OHIO. 
BRANCH HOUSES: 
•JIG North Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa 
Sit North Haiti St., St. Louis. Mo. 
33 Market St., Sun Francisco. Cal., and 
Kansas City, Mo. 
BUCKEYE 
JUNIOR and SENIOR 
= ,• \ Lawn 
\ 1 \ Mower. 
A LIGHT PUDDING. 
Soak a cupful of pearl barley in a quart of 
milk, at breakfast time. Let it stand on the 
back part of the range till an hour before din¬ 
ner, then bring to a boil, sweeten and add 
three eggs beaten separately, with a little salt 
and flavoring. Save part of the white of 
the eggs. Mix your pudding well, aud bake 
iu a buttered dish for three-quarters of an 
hour. Whip the whites, and add a lit¬ 
tle powdered sugar. Pour this over the pud¬ 
ding when nearly done. It is a very nice dish 
for dessert. 
CANDIKD CHERRIES. 
Two quarts large ripe cherries, carefully 
stoned; two pounds loaf sugar; one cup of 
water. Boil the sugar and water to a sirup 
rather thick, thou remove from the fire and 
stir as if trying to make maple sugar, when it 
begins to granulate drop in the cherries. Let 
them lie iu the sirup about four or five min¬ 
utes, simmering, thou drain through a sieve, 
aud turn aud shake each lot us they are taken 
out. Put on a broad dish, and set iu the oven 
a few moments, or in the hot sun. They are 
extra aud retain the cherry flavor, which is 
too often lost in the sugary sweetness of this 
fruit. 
STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE. 
One cup of powdered sugar; one tablespoon¬ 
ful of butter rubbed into the sugar; two eggs; 
one cup of flour and two tablespoonfuls of 
cream. Bake in jelly tins, dividing intothree. 
When cold lay between the cakes nearly a 
quart altogether of fresh ripe strawberries. 
Sprinkle each layer with sugar, and eat w hile 
fresh. This is better than the rich heavy 
pastry often made. 
TO KEEP EGGS. 
Now that they are plentiful it is best to put 
so .no eggs away for future use. Take a pint 
of slaked lime, a pint of salt, two ounces of 
cream-of-tartar, and four gallons of soft water. 
Boil this mixture, put the eggs in a stone jar, 
aud cover with the pickle when cold. I have 
tried it for many years successfully. 
Mrs. Housewife. 
Easy to Work. 
Phronsr amt Durable. 
Most Reliable Mower In I'se. 
TRY ONE and YOU WTLL BUY IT. 
Send for Illustrated Circulars to 
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SPRINGFIELD. Ohio. 
CONDUCTED BY EMILY MAPLE. 
A NOTE AND A REQUEST, 
SI 4.-10 " ill buy the Best Full Nickel or Davis Rub¬ 
ber-Trimmed, Hand Made Harness In the U. S.. Pure 
Oak Leather. No Machine Shitcliimc. Can lie re¬ 
turned If nor perfectly .satisfactory. Send for Cat- 
aloe tie to KING A. CO., M'f.s, Oweoo, N. Y. 
Tiik Editor-in-chief looked in as he threw 
down a bundle of proof belonging to this de¬ 
partment. ** Very good, but it wants a little 
rod pepper”; “And spice*’ added the Asso¬ 
ciate Editor over his shoulder. So 1 call upon 
the readers of these columns to furnish me 
with those condiments. Let me have what 
you can of seasonings, iu the form of well 
tried experiences for our weekly bill-of-fare. 
If I do the marketing, provide the heavy 
joints, give you the “ proof of the pudding,” 
sweetened with sauce from regular contribu¬ 
tors, will those who can do so kindly add 
from their household knowledge, the " spicses” 
and “pepper” till the editors shall cry for 
wator or quarter 1 We cautiot. always find 
room for whole communications, and often 
have to “boil down” worthy articles; but 
anything that is practical and short will be 
appreciat ’d, anti while the farmers aud gar¬ 
deners tell their experience let as follow their 
example and profit by a “ multitude of coun¬ 
sel.” Aud while on this subject we will have 
AHEAD OF ALL COMPETITION 
OVER 100,000 SOLD. 
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. 
JAMES 
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STORES, tii Wall Street. New York. 
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FOURTEEN SIZES FOR HIND USE 
Weighing from 21 to .SI lbs. 
THREE SIZES for HORSE-POWER 
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Patentees and Manufacturers, 
631 MARKET ST„ PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
JANESVILLE, WIS. 
Mowers, Reapers, Grain Drills, Ac 
The Be-t is the Cheapest 
% CROWN 
7 / \ MOWER. 
We are General Agents, and sell the above at 
Manufacturer’s PTtces at Rochester, N. Y., or 
Chicago, Ill: Send for Catalogue and prices. 
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A PLEA. FOR THE CRUET STAND. 
“I don’t like the appearance of the table 
without it.” “ It doe*s soem bare,” chimed in 
another. “It is very unfashionable” said 
one who ha 1 been out iu the world. “ Every 
mau his own pepper-pot,” said the Cynic. 
Then I thought it was about time to give an 
opinion; for I had tolerated the bare center 
of the dining table all Spring, and rather de¬ 
spised the little mustard and pepper pots that 
graced the corners of the table. True, in the 
middle we had a crimson mat—“ a dash of 
color,” the Artist called it, and pretty glass 
canals held the different Spring flowers ns 
they came, which you would admire without 
raising your eyes half way to the coiling, as 
was the case with the tall, old-fashioned bou¬ 
quets. But I missed the familiar neuter-piece, 
the dear old cruet-stand that had been a gift, 
to me, ou my wed ling day so mauy years ago, 
at which time T thought nothing could be liner. 
I always thought the bottles full of vinegar, 
popper or other spices looked very stately and 
dignified in their silver-plated frame. How 
1 have burnished it in my early married days, 
trying many powders and recipes, only to go 
bi ’kto the whiting au l kerosene, with an 
after-wash in hot soap-suds, and now it was 
consigned to the back of an unused cupboard 
simply because fashion has decreed it to lie an 
obstruction to a proper view of your “ vis a 
vis” at table aud that the waiter shall pass the 
pepper and salt as if it wasn’t ever so much 
m >re fun to play “ bo-peep” across the table, 
aud now an 1 tlieil to help one's self a little, 
Besides. 1 like old fashioned tliiiUs, find man 
oej’Gi They hiv alwayseodesied old h-s,. 
The Crown Slower will out more acres with less 
expense for repairs than any other Mower. 
CUCUMBERS THAT KEEP GREEN. 
Take throe gallons of encumbers; wash 
them, put them in pickle for six or seven days, 
changing the pickle once or t wice during that 
time; scald vinegar and put in it a lump of 
alum as largo as a butternut. Drain the 
pickles, pack iuto a jar and pour the hot 
vinegar over them. Pick some grape-vino 
loaves and layover them. Close the jar for 
a week, then pour off this vinegar, which will 
do for another lot; scald fresh vinegar iu 
which some green poppers have boon placed, 
some horso-ra lish, mustard seed, spices and 
c.dcry seed. Lay on fresh grape-vine leaves 
and pour the vinegar on hot. Keep closed for 
a while until thoroughly cool. This recipe is 
good and given by a lady who has made 
pickles the sums way for 4 ) years and never 
fails to have the Inst. They are greeu aud 
firm; 1 may add, however, that she makes her 
own vinegar by saving apple parings and 
cores iu a stone jar aud keeping covered with 
warm water. It is clear aud good. She some¬ 
times adds a teaspoonful of white sugar. 
CHADBORN A 
COLOWELL 
MANUF’G CO. 
NEWBURGH, N. 1 . 
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